Supreme Judicial Court

Mayor Jon Mitchell says it would be irresponsible if Massachusetts voters decided to repeal the state's 2011 casino gaming law. The Supreme Judicial Court this week ruled Bay State voters could have their say with a ballot question on November 4...

Reaction is pouring in after the state's highest court ruled that a question seeking to repeal the Massachusetts casino gambling law could appear on the November state ballot. Repeal advocates gathered in front of the State House Tuesday afternoon...

The highest court in Massachusetts has ruled that reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools does not discriminate against atheists. The Supreme Judicial Court on Friday said the words ``under God'' in the pledge reflect a patriotic practice, not a religious one...

Anti-casinol activists hoping to repeal the state's 2011 casino law say they were pleased with questions asked by the state's highest court in their bid to place a voter referendum on the November ballot. John Ribeiro, chair of the ``Repeal the Casino Deal'' campaign, said the seven-member panel, in a 45-minute hearing Monday morning, ``got to the heart of the matter'' and largely ignored ``frivol

A state Supreme Judicial Court justice has upheld the gag order on both sides in the murder case of former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez. Prosecutors asked Justice Fernande Duffly to review the order by Bristol Superior Court Judge Susan Garsh...

The state's highest court has heard arguments from three major utilities seeking to overturn record penalties stemming from their response to two major storms in 2011. The state Department of Public Utilities fined National Grid $18.7 million for Tropical Storm Irene and a rare October snowstorm...

A Massachusetts trial judge has refused prosecutors' request to change or delay a gag order she imposed in the murder case of former New England Patriot Aaron Hernandez.       Hernandez has pleaded not guilty in the 2013 killing of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old Boston man dating the sister of the ex-player's fiancee...

Massachusetts lawmakers are wasting no time in reacting to a court ruling that upskirt photos are legal.  A measure banning secret pictures of women's and children's "sexual or intimate parts" sailed through the House and Senate Thursday.  P...

The highest court in Massachusetts has determined that a man who took cellphone photos up the skirts of women riding the Boston subway did not violate state law because the women were not ``nude or partially nude.''       The Supreme Judicial Court on Wednesday dismissed charges against Michael Robertson who was arrested in August 2010 by transit police, who set up a sting after getting reports th

A group of Massachusetts lawmakers has proposed legislation that would require juveniles convicted of first-degree murder to serve a minimum of 35 years in prison before becoming eligible for parole. The proposal comes in response to recent rulings by the U.S. S...